Wire fence



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' D. H. MGPHERSON.

WIRE FENCE.

No. 573.831. 1 I Patented Dec. 22, 1896.

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D. H.1VIOPHERSON.

WIRE FENCE.

Patented Dec. 22, 189.6.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DONALD II. llIOPI-IERSON, OF LE ROY, NEW YORK.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 573,831, dated December 22, 1896.

Original application filed April 14, 1894, Serial No.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DONALD H. MCPHER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Le Boy, in the county of Genesee andState of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in wire fences or fence fabrics of that class which are composed of longitudinal strands and of filling-wires which extend transversely to the length of the fence or fabric and are united to the longitudinal strands.

The subject-matter of my present application formsa division of a prior application for improvements in wire fences filed by me on the 14th day of April, 1894, Serial No. 507,549.

The object of my present improvements is to provide a new fabric or fence in which the filling-wires are so joined, coupled, or connected to the longitudinal strands that the filling-Wires are permitted to slide or telescope on said strands when vertical pressure or stress is applied to or removed from the Web or fabric, whereby said filling-wires will not be unduly strained or broken when a horse leans over a fence or other vertical pressure is exerted thereon.

lVith these ends in view my invention consists in a wire fence constructed as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, I have illustrated one embodiment of my invention, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of one construction of the wire fabric in which each longitudinal strand consists of a single wire and the filling-wires consist of double wires. Fig. 2 is a plan view looking at the top or bottom side of one of the single-wire longitudinal strands, showing the method of interlacing the filling-wires with said strand. Fig. 3 is an elevation of another embodiment of my wire-fence fabric in which each longitudinal strand consists of a pair of wires and the filling-wires each consist of a single wire in- 50'7,549. Divided and this application filed November 8, 1894. $erial No.

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terlaced with the strands at certain intervals and at other intervals are slidably connected to adjacent strands. Fig. 4 is a plan or edge view, looking at the top or bottom, of one of the double-wire strands, showing the arrangement of the loops therein transverse to the plane of the-fabric or web, and also showing the mode of interlacing the filling-wire with the double-wire loop-strand.

A B O D designate a series of longitudinal strands, the number of which may be increased or diminished according to the desired width of the web or fabric.

G H refer to the filling-wires, which are interlaced with the longitudinal strands at certain intervals, and at other intervals these filling-wires are extended across and loosely or slidably connected to adjacent longitudinalstrands of the web or fabric.

The longitudinal strandsAB OD may each consist of a single wire, as shown by Figs. 1

and 2, or each may consist of two wires, as shownby-Figs. 3 and 4, in which case the longitudinal strand may be bent or looped,

as shown and described in my prior application and as will be hereinafter more particularly referred to, for the purpose of interlacing the filling-wires with the doubled strand in a manner to have the strand-wires and filling-wires interlock or bind together.

The filling vires, as shown by Figs. 3 and it, may consist of single wires which interlace with the longitudinal strands, or said fillingwires may consist of double wires, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.

In the fabric or web using the double filling-wires shown in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawings the wires G H for the top and bottom strands A D are interlaced with each other and with the strands A D for a suitable distance, as at a, and one filling-wire G is formed into a loop g, which is carried across to and fitted loosely around the adjacent strands B and C, respectively, while the wire H is carried along the strands A and D, respectively, as at g, after which the two filling-wires G H are again interlaced with each other and with the strands A D, as at a. This disposition of the filling-wires for the top and bottom strands of the web is continued throughout the length of the fabric, and the filling-wires are thus continuous with the fabric or web.

The double filling-wires G H for the strand B are interlaced with each other and with the strand B for a certain portion of their length, as b, and then the wires are extended transversely in opposite directions to form the loops h 71., the loop h of the wire G for strand B being carried across to and fitted loosely around strand A, while the loop h of the filling-wire II forstrand B is extended across and looped around strand 0, after which the filling-wires for the strand B are brought back to and interlaced with each other and with said strand B, as at I), the said filling-wires G H for the strand B being similarly disposed throughout the length of the fabric or web.

The double filling-wires G H for the strand are interlaced with each other and with the strand 0 for a certain portion of their length, as at c, and then the wires G H for strand 0 are extended transversely to the web or fabric to form the oppositely-extending loops M, the loop e of the wire G for strand 0 extendin g up to and fitting loosely around the strand l3, while the loop t" of wire H for strand 0 extends down to and fits loosely around the strand D, after which the filling-wires are brought back to the strand 0 and interlaced with each other and with the strand 0 for a certain distance, as at c, the filling-wires of strand 0 being disposed in a similar way throughout the length of the web or fabric.

It will be noted that the loops 9 7b of the filling-wires for strands A B cross each other between the strands A B, producing the double-X-shaped figure that the loops 7i i of the filling-wires for the strands B C also cross each other between the strands B O to make the double-X-shaped figures, and that the loops t" g of the filling-wires for the strands C D are similarly arranged.

In the embodiment of my wire fabric or web shown by Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings each longitudinal strand consists of a single wire, which, at the intervals where the filling-wires are interlaced therewith or continuously throughout its length, has bends or corrugations formed therein in a plane transverse to the plane of the fabric or web, as shown by Fig. 2, these bends or corrugations being carried in horizontal planes to opposite sides of the vertical plane or planes of the double filling-wires. At the lines or intervals where the filling-wires are connected to the strands the filling-wires are bent in the plane of the fence fabric or web and interlaced with the bends or corrugations of the single wire strands, and they also interlace with and cross each other, as shown by Figs. 1 and 2, and where the double filling-wires are used the wires interlace with the transverse bends in the strand in reverse directions.

The fabric or web shown by Fig. 3 cmbodies longitudinal strands, each consisting of double wires, orapair of wires a a, combined with filling-wires J, which interlace with the double-wire strands and at alt-ernate intervals have the filling-loops J, which are slidably connected to other strands adjacent to the strands to which the fillingwires are joined. Each double-wire strand has the wires a a provided with bends which cross each other in a plane transverse to the plane of the web or fabric, and the bends of the wire a cross the bends of the wire a to form loops, which also lie in a plane transverse to the plane of the web or fabric, as shown byFig.4. The filling-wire J is threaded or passed, in the plane of the web or fabric, through the loops formed by the bends of the double-wire strands, so that the filling-wire J interlaces with the double-wire strand in a manner to lock the wires of said double-wire strand against displacement under the longitudinal strain exerted on the fabric in stretchin g the same. It is understood that each filling-wire J interlaces with the double-wire strand for a suitable distance, is then extended, in the form of a loop, across to and slidably connected with an adjacent strand, and is then carried back to the strand, so as to interlace therewith in the manner described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A woven-wire fabric consisting of longitudinal strands and of continuous zigzag filling-wires, each of which filling-wires is devoted to two of the longitudinal strands by having certain portions thereof joined at suitable intervals with one strand and at other intervals formed into transverse filling-loops which extend across the space between the two strands and are fitted 011 a strand adjacent to the one to which the filling-wire is connected, as and for the purposes described.

2. The combination with longitudinal strands, of continuous zigzag filling-wires, each of which is devoted to two longitudinal strands by having certain portions thereof interlaced, at suitable intervals, with one strand and at other intervals formed with transverse filling-loops which are loosely or slidably connected to a strand adjacent to the one with which said filling-wire is interlaced, as and for the purposes described.

In a woven-wire fabric having longitudinal strands, the combination therewith of continuous zigzag double filling-wires which are interlaced with each other at certain i11- tervals with onestrand and at other intervals are formed with transverse filling-loops which are loosely connected to adjacent strands at points between the attachment of other filling-wires to the strands, as and for the purposes described.

4. The combination with longitudinal strands, of continuous, zigzag, double filling- Wires interlaced at suitable intervals with each other and with one strand and at other intervals projected across to adjacent strands,

forming transverse filling-loops which are loosely connected to said adjacent strands,

the filling-loops of one strand crossing the filling-loops on adjacent strands, as and for 5 the purposes described.

5. The combination with longitudinal strands, of filling-wires each interlaced with one strand at certain intervals and provided, between their portions interlaced with the 10 strand, with projecting filling-loops which are slidably connected to an adjacent strand or strands, as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DONALD I-I. McPI-IERSON.

Vitnesses T. A. MOPHERSON,

J. SUTTERBY. 

